Charles Mingus East Coasting By Charles Mingus 180g LP (Mono)

180g Mono Vinyl! Re-mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering! Highly Recommended to Jazz Lovers! Pressed at Pallas in Germany!

Charles Mingus is usually known for his wild, soulful and avant-garde
compositions. "East Coasting" is mellow by comparison, but it still cooks on a
musical level. The Mingus touches are there; the trombone, drummer Danny
Richmond and of course the dark emotional undercurrent looms large, too. The
personnel are all Mingus regulars, except for pianist Bill Evans, who would not
be described as "soulful" in the traditional sense, but his introverted and
sensitive style works well with Mingus's music. His playing on "West Coast
Ghost" (the album's stand-out track) and "Celia" are two examples of Evans'
ability to understand an artist's musical vision and play accordingly in his own
beautifully original style.

"East Coasting" sounds like the prototypical 1950s jazz recording. It's
something one would hear in an attic converted to a bedroom where an artist or
lonely soul might live. It's what a lot of people might believe Jazz would or
should sound like. Highly recommended to Jazz lovers and perhaps more
importantly- to young people who have just been blown away by Kerouac's novel
"On the Road" and have become interested in exploring Jazz. "East Coasting" will
allow them to get a taste of lost creative America.

"The music stretches the boundaries of bop, is never predictable and...it is
well worth acquiring for the playing is quite stimulating." -Scott Yanow,
allmusic.com